A new report has revealed more details as to what Lilo & Sтιтch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning may make at the box office, and the movies could set an all-time record. The former тιтle is a new Disney live-action adaptation of the beloved animated tale of the same name, featuring newcomer Maia Kealoha as Lilo. The Final Reckoning is the eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, seeing Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt. In this year’s version of Barbenheimer, the two movies will release on the same day, May 23, to kick off Memorial Day weekend.
As reported by ᴅᴇᴀᴅline, new data reveals what Lilo & Sтιтch and Mission: Impossible might make during their opening weekend. Box office projections say the films could make a combined $200 million. This total comes from a prediction of a $120 million take-home for Lilo & Sтιтch over the four-day weekend, and an $80 million haul for Mission: Impossible. This could potentially push this Memorial Day weekend to be a record-setter, rivaling the highest ever total box office for Memorial Day weekend of $314 million in 2013.
What This Means For The Box Office
Having A Family-Oriented Film Is An ᴀsset
The record-setting Memorial Day weekend in 2013 was aided by blockbuster тιтles Fast & Furious 6 and Hangover 3. Both of these were sequel films, bearing similarities to the upcoming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Cruise has also driven a top-selling weekend before in 2022, when Top Gun: Maverick propped up a $223.3 million. Top Gun: Maverick holds the record for the best Memorial Day weekend opening ever for a single film, with $160 million. As per current projections, Lilo & Sтιтch would still fall below this total.
What this year’s Memorial Day weekend group has that 2013 did not, however, is a family-oriented film. Fast & Furious 6 and Hangover 3 may be in different genres, but they are both geared towards older audiences. With kids home from school for the long weekend, families will be looking for appropriate outings, which generally drive the box office during holiday time. This makes Lilo & Sтιтch uniquely situated to help this opening weekend.
Our Take On These Box Office Projections
This Is Good News For Disney Live-Action Remakes
If Lilo & Sтιтch‘s opening weekend goes over how these early projections are saying, this will be a huge recovery for Disney. The studio has been putting out live-action remakes for a while now, but its most recent adaptation, Snow White, has significantly struggled. It opened at $42.6 million, so if Lilo & Sтιтch goes according to projection, it could almost triple this gross. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning‘s numbers are also projected over the opening of the previous franchise film, which would also mark significant progress.
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